UCEMC Wednesday night update
Update from UCEMC:
Emergency Management Operations will continue Operating at the Gilmer Civic Center thru Friday June 23rd 3023 from 10a-7p.
As of now there are 4,035 outages for Upshur Rural and about 2,373 for SWEPCO.
*East Mountain City Hall will open at 10am as a Cooling Center. They will have water and MRE’s.
*Big Sandy Community Center/ Cooling Center will open at 8a and will have water .
*Diana & Ore City will NOT be open tomorrow & any residents in these areas are urged to come to the Gilmer Civic Center for any assistance.
There are 4 dumpsters in the county for residents to discard spoiled food ONLY. They are located at the following locations:
**Gilmer Civic Center – back behind the building on Bob Glaze Dr.
**Big Sandy – lot next to VFD 200 E. Gilmer St. Big Sandy, TX 75755
**Ore City – next to 100 Dogwood St. Ore City, TX 75683
**Diana – next to Orville Ray’s restaurant
The food trash bins are scheduled to be set up for 1 week. Then they will be removed .
The Gilmer Civic Center will have snacks during the day & a Hot Meal @ 5:30pm *ONLY* Thursday and Friday.
The Public POD (Point of Distribution) will continue to operate from 10a-7p (thru Friday) at the Yamboree Exhibit Building for Residents to pick up Water, ICE and MREs.